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[JesuslookslikeBorg]

anyone know where del potro is playing next. :huh:

 

[Moxie]

anyone know where del potro is playing next. :huh:

I've looked and looked. All I can find in the Argentine press is that he's going to play RG with protected ranking of 7. I read at about 5 articles, but no mention of a tune-up prior.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

anyone know where del potro is playing next. :huh:

I've looked and looked. All I can find in the Argentine press is that he's going to play RG with protected ranking of 7. I read at about 5 articles, but no mention of a tune-up prior.

what is going on with him. :huh: this comeback is a bit of a mess. :dodgy:

 

[Moxie]

It's a big mystery.

 

[isabelle]

His wrist seems to be painful, I guess he rushed his come back one more time. I hope he's not done for tennis

 

[Puppet Master]

Any actual article on DelPo? I honestly think that this may or may not be his last injury layoff ( hopefully not), does he even have the will to start competing again with the big boys anymore? Can he? There are so many question marks around him... I keep re-watching some of his older matches like a fool.

 

[Moxie]

Any actual article on DelPo? I honestly think that this may or may not be his last injury layoff ( hopefully not), does he even have the will to start competing again with the big boys anymore? Can he? There are so many question marks around him... I keep re-watching some of his older matches like a fool.

The only one I can find is in Spanish, from a week ago. It says that after 2 weeks without hitting, the wrist (left) started to hurt again as soon as he started practicing. It mentions that he has an invitation to Madrid, but his whole clay season, including RG, is now uncertain. That clay is a tough surface to try to test his fragile wrist on, and that he hasn't played on clay since Rome 2013. (Can that be possible? Wow. :-/ )

 

[Kieran]

It's really turning into a terrible and troubling saga, isn't it?

 

[Moxie]

It's kind of unbelievable, and so unfair. It's been the same with both wrists, too. He must feel like he's caught in Groundhog Day.

 

[Kieran]

It's kind of unbelievable, and so unfair. It's been the same with both wrists, too. He must feel like he's caught in Groundhog Day.

Exactly, and the really horrible part is the feeling that this career doesn't end happy, but it deserves to...

 

[Puppet Master]

Any actual article on DelPo? I honestly think that this may or may not be his last injury layoff ( hopefully not), does he even have the will to start competing again with the big boys anymore? Can he? There are so many question marks around him... I keep re-watching some of his older matches like a fool.

The only one I can find is in Spanish, from a week ago. It says that after 2 weeks without hitting, the wrist (left) started to hurt again as soon as he started practicing. It mentions that he has an invitation to Madrid, but his whole clay season, including RG, is now uncertain. That clay is a tough surface to try to test his fragile wrist on, and that he hasn't played on clay since Rome 2013. (Can that be possible? Wow. :-/ )

If this is true, it's really terrible news. I wish we could find out what his actual problem is, surely some doctor had to give him a time frame or something. The guy 26 I think, with a career that has basically been ruined, let's be honest here.

 

[mrzz]

Maybe he simply changed the approach completely. People were always saying that he rushed all previous comebacks, he could be just doing the exact opposite (even if I read the article, and agree that it sounds pretty pessimistic).

If he could find a way to become healthy again, not only he could become a treath to the top 3/4, but, given his age, enjoy himself a period of dominance in two or three years time (if not before).

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

the irony is that the surgery he had on his racquet holding hand/wrist/arm was successful, for big shots like serve/forehand etc..

but the 2014/15 surgery on his 'other wrist'..that is for his drive through/cc 2hbh is giving him so much aggro.

 

[Moxie]

Maybe he simply changed the approach completely. People were always saying that he rushed all previous comebacks, he could be just doing the exact opposite (even if I read the article, and agree that it sounds pretty pessimistic).

If he could find a way to become healthy again, not only he could become a treath to the top 3/4, but, given his age, enjoy himself a period of dominance in two or three years time (if not before).

Well, the article says he is trying to take a conservative approach, rather than rushing it. But it really just gets drearier and drearier. Let's hope he does get healthy again, and gets at least some of the tennis glory he was destined for. Right now he's shaping up to be one of the worst losses to injury that men's tennis has had.

 

[mrzz]

Well, the article says he is trying to take a conservative approach, rather than rushing it.

That's exactly my point. What I meant is: As he is being conservative now, rather than rushing it as he supposedly did before, it is taking much longer than before for him to be playing back to back matches, simply because of the approach, and not because of the condition itself. And we get this impression that he may never come back again....

At least I hope that's the case.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Switch to a single handed backhand and problem solved...

 

[GameSetAndMath]

JMDP is not in the entry list for Madrid. He could have entered using his Protected Ranking status.
But, he did not. Now, he can play there only if given a wild card. Madrid has not yet announced the
wild cards. I really doubt that JMDP will be playing there.

p.s. They have given one wild card to Almagro, other three are still open.

 

[isabelle]

JMDP is not in the entry list for Madrid. He could have entered using his Protected Ranking status.
But, he did not. Now, he can play there only if given a wild card. Madrid has not yet announced the
wild cards. I really doubt that JMDP will be playing there.

p.s. They have given one wild card to Almagro, other three are still open.

No Delpo before RG at best, his wrist is still a problem

 

[mrzz]

Any news on del Potro? Does he still plans to come back in RG?

 

[isabelle]

I wonder if we'll see back one day. Maybe should he consider retirement and start a new career as a coach, journalist or something else ???